Yes, I am the fragrance of Christ to God, diffused among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing alike;

And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

never free from the danger of being put to death like Jesus, so that in my body the life of Jesus also may be seen.

For every day I live I am being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be visible in my mortal nature.

So I never lose heart. Though my outer nature is wasting away, my inner is being renewed every day.

So if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being; the old state of things has passed away; there is a new state of things.

And when I was with you and wanted money, I did not burden any of you, for when the brothers came from Macedonia they supplied what I needed. So I kept myself, as I shall always do, from being a burden to you in any way.

Who is weak without my being weak? Whose conscience is hurt without my being fired with indignation?

And I know that this man?? do not know whether it was in the body or out of it, God knows??4 was caught up into Paradise, and heard things that must not be told, which no human being can repeat.

So to keep me from being too much elated a bitter physical affliction was sent to me, a very messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too much elated.